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Jan. 27, 1931. B. FLEIGEL 1,790,343

TELEPHONE AND DESK MEMO DEVICE Filed May 2e. 1928 s 'sheets-sheet 1 l Il IH Jan. 27, 1931. B. FLEIGEL 1,790,343

TELEPHONE AND DESK MEMO DEVICE Filed may 26, 1928 s sheets-sheet 2 Skim/m' 1 B. FLElGr-:L l

TELEPHONE AND DESK MEMO DEVICE 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed May 26. 1928 Jan. 27, 1931.

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Patented Jan. 27, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE BENJAMIN FLEIGEL, or cLnvELA-Nn, @mog-assitance; Dinner. AND Mnsnn AssIGNMENTs, To .mex SIMON AND SIDNEY I, GLUECK, OF'CLEVELAND, oHIo Y'rn'Lair-none, AND Diisn Yiyr'nivo Dnvion" Y Application Yfiled nay 2.6,

This invention relates to a writing tablet,

, more particularly to a tablet'adapted'for use in conjunction with a desk telephone or-as a.tablet complete `in itself. The objects of in which a roll of paper is carried and adapted to be drawn overa support or table with means for severinga portion of paper having memorandumI notations thereon.

A further'object is to provide a telephone writingv tablet adapted for attachmentv either to a telephone, to a desk stand or wall side elevation of my device attached to atelephone; Fig. 6 is a bottom plan of the device shown in Fig. Fig. 7 is a cross sec-k tion taken along the lines 7-7 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of my device mounted on the wall; Fig. 9 is a centrally located longitudinal section of the device" shown in Fig. 8; Fig. 1() is a bottom plan of a modilied form of the device shown in Fig.

6; Fig. 11 is a cross section located along the lines 11-11 of Fig. 10; Fig. 12 is a botf' tom plan of the device similar to Fig. 1() but showing an alternate means for clamping the device to a telephone.

In the embodiment shownV in the drawings,

the attachment proper is preferably stamped from a sheet of suitable metal, comprising a desk or paper supportingportion 15 havr ing at opposite sides thereof depending flanges 16, said lianges extending beyond the v forward end of the desk portion to provide Y curved arms 17. These are formed at their `i925. serial no. ceases;

outer" ends with openings'to receive a paper roll spindle 18, having ahead at one-.end and a binding nut at the other as shown in Figs. 2,10 and 12.1 This spindle` carries a tubular spacing` member 18a.` v

The'desk portionl of the rtablet has a pairof transverse slits or incisions formed therein. The metal is forced upwardly into 'a plane above the upper surface of the desk p portion as at 19 and 19', thus providing` a pair of transversely extending channels beneath which a strip ofA paper may be in- :se-rted.-V of a telephone booth. Av further object is 'to provide means for holdingthe paper The paperroll'20 iis Lloosely mountedvon `the spindle member 18a. Thepaper is drawn fromg-the lower portion ofthe roll over a guide portion or lip'` 22 of thepaper supf porting'desk 15 and beneath the raised portion'19 over lthe body of the supportingdesli and rearwardly beneath the raised portion 19. The guide portion or lip 22 appearing in Figs. 3, 6,v 9, y and 12,'it, will be noted particularly .in` Fig. 6, is integral with the top plate or supportingdesk 15. It is turned downwardly-i at an angle approximately:coincident` with the-.angle of the vpaper strip when thef roll is full, and is vtur-ned to` yformfa rounded `corner as it joins the desk portion, and as,` seen in Fig..` 6, is

provided with edge flanges llaterally guiding'the paper strip.

Teprevent thepaper fromfmoving `duringithe writingoperations, the supporting .device is' lprovided Ywith Wood1blocks25 which Amay. be held'` in place by bolts Y eir-A tending' through the blocks and 'Hanges 16, or which-f may .'befheld', as shown in Fig. 7, by inwardly projectinglugs 26. vSpring clips 27 A'and'28' which bear against the paper directly beneathv fthe :raised .portions 19 of the supporting device Y 15, are fastened `:to the wood. blocks by-screws orany other suitable means. y Y Asshown in Fig. 1,V the supportingidesk 15 'with its roll-of paper is mounted on a stand 301by means of bolts. 32 and 33, which pass through the'flanges 16 of the supporting device and :the sidemembers of the stand.

\ InFig. 5 fthe lsupporting desk 15 is shown mounted onawteleplione. In: this Yinstance Lll) bolts 32 and 33 are removed and a U-bolt 40 substituted therefor which acts to clamp the device to the pedestal A of the telephone. A depending lug 42 on the paper supporting desk, and one of the side flanges 16 engage the 'base B of the telephone to provide a rigid support, which holds the desh at an angle to facilitate making memoranda thereon,

in Fig. l2 another modification of a clamping device is shown. ln this form a metal bar supporting member 55 is fastened to one of the blocks 25 and projects outwardly from the desk portion l5 to carry a clamping band 56 which clamps the device to the telephone.

i have shown in Fig. 6 the device mounted on a wall such as may be desired where a telephone booth is used. In this instance the stand 30 is secured to the wall by means of screws 58. In this form, l show a modification of the supporting members for the springs 27 and 28 which constitute a U-shaped bracket member G0, having ears 61 to which are fastened the springs 27 and 23. This U-shaped member 60 is fastened to the base f the stand 30 by means of screws G2.

l: find it useful to provide means for su 1)-- porting a pencil on the device and to this end I use a conically wound spring 65 which is fastened at its vertex by looping the wire around the bolt 33. Y

ln Fig. l2 'l have shown metal bracket members Gl which may be substituted for the wooden blocks 25, in which case the springs 27 and 23 as well as the telephone clamp member 55 are bolted or otherwise fastened to these metal reinforcing brackets.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that l have provided a. simple telephone writing tablet which may be readily supported either by the telephone itself, on the wall or may be provided with a stand for use on a table. have also provided means whereby the paper is prevented from movement due to the pressure thereon caused by the writing operations.

I claim:

l. A paper supporting devicecomprising a sheet metal top member having upstruck portions at its opposite ends and downwardly extending flanges at its opposite sides continued rearwardly to form a support for a roll of paper, the strip of paper from the roll being adapted to underlie the upstruck portions and overlie the intermediate portions of the top, a base beneath said top member in overlapping relation to said flanges, transverse reinforcing means carried by the base, and sheet spring members carried by the reinforcing means and arranged to enga-ge the paper beneath said upstruck portions.

2. A paper supporting device comprising a sheet metal member having side flanges,

said member intermediate of the flanges adapted to support a strip of paper, there being upstruclr portions of the sheet metal arranged to overlie the paper while so supported, each of said flanges having elongated continuations, the continuations having openings for receiving a pin for carrying the roll of paper, metal reinforcing members,

having end flanges engaging the aforesaid side flanges, spring members carried by the reinforcing members intermediate of the end flanges, and adapted to engage the underside of the paper beneath the upstruck portions.

3. A paper supporting device comprising asheet metal top member having upstruck portions at its opposite ends and downwardly eX- tending {ianges at its opposite sides continued in one direction to form a support for a roll of paper, the strip ofpaper from the roll being adapted to underlie thc/upstruclr portions and overlie tho intern'iediate portions of the top, paper guide member integral with the metal top member sloping downwardly toward the paper roll at an angle co-incident with the slope of the paper when the roll is full, and having a.; each lateral edge upturned lips or flanges to guide the paper strip trans verselv as comes onto the metal top, transr reinforcing means carried by the base and `sheet spring members carried by the reinforcing means and arranged to engage the paper beneath said upstruck portions.

in testimony whereof, l hereunto aiiix my signature.

BENJAh/HN FLEIGEL.

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